The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Protests challenging Iran’s theocracy have reached the two-week mark, with demonstrators flooding the streets in Tehran and Mashhad

Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the demonstrations.

Donald Trump reposted Lindsey Graham's warning to Iran on Truth Social, following his show of solidarity to the Iranian people in the ongoing protests.

During a press interaction on Jan. 9, Donald Trump was asked a straightforward question about Iran by an Italian reporter. But he did not give an answer, only a familiar performance of fixation and deflection.

Demonstrator seen putting up pre-Islamic revolution lion and sun flag in support of rallies challenging Tehran regime

Rumours invariably become one of the main sources of public unrest. The line between news and speculation can become blurred quickly, and social media can aid in the quick spread of false narratives. Euronews takes a look at some of the most viral rumours surrounding the Iranian protests.

Images shared on social media and independently verified show a government building on fire in Karaj, Iran, on the evening of January 9, 2026.

Iran has disconnected its internet and phone lines to cut off its 85 million people from the rest of the world

A man was seen climbing onto a balcony at the Iranian embassy in Kensington and unfurling a pre-1979 Iranian flag